Annobón is the sootherenmaist island o Equatorial Guinea an is situatit juist sooth o the equator. Bioko island is the northrenmaist pynt o Equatorial Guinea. Atween the twa islands an tae the east is the mainland region. Equatorial Guinea is bordered bi Cameroon on the north, Gabon on the sooth an east, an the Gulf o Guinea on the wast, whaur the island naition o São Tomé an Príncipe is locatit atween Bioko an Annobón. Umwhilie the colony o Spainyie Guinea, its post-unthirldom name is suggestive o its location near baith the equator an the Gulf o Guinea. It is ane o the few territories in mainland Africae whaur Spainyie is an offeecial leid, besides the Spainyie ceeties o Ceuta an Melilla.

Equatorial Guinea is the third smawest kintra in continental Africae in terms o population.[10] It is an aa the seicont smawest Unitit Naitions (UN) member frae continental Africae. The discovery o sizeable petroleum reserves in recent years is alterin the economic an poleetical status o the kintra. Equatorial Guinea haes been citit as an example o the natural resource curse[citation needit]; its gross domestic product (GDP) per capita ranks 31st in the world;[11] housomeivver, maist o the kintra's considerable ile wealth actually lies in the haunds o ae a few fowk.